I feel a lot better about harper filling in for a guy like tate than a player like Rice. Sidney is the leader of the pass catchers. He's the guy defenses key in on. He makes the tough catches when we need him and always puts himself on the line. I love tate, no ifs ands or buts. He's the more entertaining and explosive player, as well as our best deep threat. When it comes down to it though, what this offense needs most is that intermediate passing game. That's where the money is for us. When things break down, when russell escapes the pocket on third and long, it's rice who's been most reliable between the two. Golden still struggles with the basic routes, still gets lost on extended plays and outside of his abilities deep, doesn't do much that Percy Harvin can't. This is a much harder choice for me if we don't trade for #11

Golden is our best receiver at getting open when Russell escapes the pocket.........

It's not as cut and dry Rice as you guys may think. He's lost some explosion as a route runner with so many injuries. Golden Tate was really on fire at the end of the year... I think he becomes our #1 next year.

I feel a lot better about harper filling in for a guy like tate than a player like Rice. Sidney is the leader of the pass catchers. He's the guy defenses key in on. He makes the tough catches when we need him and always puts himself on the line. I love tate, no ifs ands or buts. He's the more entertaining and explosive player, as well as our best deep threat. When it comes down to it though, what this offense needs most is that intermediate passing game. That's where the money is for us. When things break down, when russell escapes the pocket on third and long, it's rice who's been most reliable between the two. Golden still struggles with the basic routes, still gets lost on extended plays and outside of his abilities deep, doesn't do much that Percy Harvin can't. This is a much harder choice for me if we don't trade for #11

Golden is our best receiver at getting open when Russell escapes the pocket.........

It's not as cut and dry Rice as you guys may think. He's lost some explosion as a route runner with so many injuries. Golden Tate was really on fire at the end of the year... I think he becomes our #1 next year.

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I strongly disagree. Golden get's lost in traffic all the time. Rice and baldwin have been much better at getting back to the quarterback to get open. Golden's greatest plays last season came when he was the first or second read, or when the ball goes his direction quickly. Here are some examples